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People like me: subtle shopping sprees

I'm a little bit scared of Kathy Fuld, the wife of the fallen Lehman's banker Dick, but I am also a little bit in awe of her. Her resourcefulness knows no bounds. This is the woman who put up a cool $20m worth of art for sale in November, when the markets were in free fall and all around people were losing their jobs and homes. Unlike her husband, Kathy is the kind of woman who always comes out on top, whatever the situation. She's a natural-born leader. So, while many of her fellow finance wives are in a spin about their tarnished public image and have cut back on any lavish spending, Kathy is taking a different approach.

She's staring down this recession. My New York friend Evalyne was in Hermès the other day and Kathy came in. Wearing a fur and sporting an expensive blow-dry, she proceeded to